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Breaking down Oklahoma State’s 2018 recruiting class

March 5, 2018 by ianaboyd

The 2017 season was a big one for Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State. My assumption was that it was going to be his big chance to cash in hard on the Mason Rudolph era before it faded and head off for another job (Tennessee?) if he was ever going to do so. Oklahoma State seemed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting, Uncategorized Tagged: 4-2-5, Big 12 recruiting, Big daddy Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, press-sky quarters

Gundy reloads with Dru Brown

February 5, 2018 by ianaboyd

My assumption about Oklahoma State this coming season was that they’d recover from losing Mason Rudolph and James Washington just fine since those two have been starting for three years now, giving OSU plenty of time to develop back-ups. The WR situation this past year year was insane for OSU because in addition to returning … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big daddy Gundy, Darren Sproles water bug trophy for most outstanding tiny person, Dillon Stoner, Dru Brown, Jalen McCleskey, Justice Hill, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tyron Johnson

Bob Stitt and OSU as creative solutions, inc

January 19, 2018 by ianaboyd

Before the 2017 season kicked off I had a post discussing Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State as a program with a keen mind for creative solutions to what’s basically the “scarcity problem” applied to college football. The problems facing OSU in 2017 were pretty substantial. They’d made considerable investment into that season, convincing the Mason Rudolph-to-James … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big daddy Gundy, Bob Stitt, Glenn Spencer, Mike Gundy, Mike Yurcich, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Stitt happens

Deep diving with the B12’s frontrunners

September 8, 2017 by ianaboyd

I wanted to pass along a few things I noticed from two of the teams that demonstrated that they’re actually ready to contend for the Big 12 title, Kansas State and Oklahoma State. I think Oklahoma demonstrated they are also in that group but I gave some notes on their matchup with Ohio State last … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big daddy Gundy, Britton Abbott, Byron Pringle, Isaiah Harris, James Washington, Justice Hill, Kansas State Wildcats, Mason Rudolph, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tyron Johnson

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